Of the major studios, one was family. Harry, Albert, Sam, Jack- the Warner brothers- turned a storefront that used a sheet for a screen into a dream factory rooted in the credo of educate, entertain and enlighten. In this fascinating documentary, filmmaker (and Harry's granddaughter) Cass Warner Sperling tells a story of sibling rivalry, social conscience and the silver screen. It's a story of pioneering (risking all the talkies) and politics (standing alone in Hollywood against the Nazis), of reels (The Public Enemy, Casablanca and more) and rifts (including a shocking family betrayal). It's a story told from the inside (via rare family archives) by those who lived it (among them such starts as Dennis Hopper, Debbie Reynolds, Tab Hunter and more) and from the outside by film historians. The people, the picture, the tales untold on camera until now.
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Dennis Hopper | Self - Actor |
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Cass Warner | Self - Harry Warner's granddaughter / also narrator |
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Bette-Ann Warner | Self |
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Harry M. Warner | Self |
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Tab Hunter | Self |
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Norman Lear | Self - Producer |
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Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | Self |
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Leo Braudy | Self - film historian / University of Southern California |
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Nancy Snow | Self / author and professor |
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Steven J. Ross | Self - history professor / University of Southern California |
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Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | Self |
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Benjamin Warner | Self |
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Betty Warner Sheinbaum | Self - Harry Warner's daughter |
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Michael Birdwell | Self - historian |
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John Steel | Self - Albert Warner's grandson |
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Albert Warner | Self |
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Angie Dickinson | Self |
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George Segal | Self |
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Haskell Wexler | Self |
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Debbie Reynolds | Self |
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Jack Warner Jr. | Self |
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Lina Basquette | Self - Sam Warner's wife |
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Stephen Farber | Self - film historian |
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Johanna Blakey | Self - entertainment researcher / The Norman Lear Center |
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Sam Warner | Self |
| Director | Cass Warner |
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| Writer | Cass Warner | |
| Producer | Eliza Steel, Cass Warner | |
| Musician | David Campbell | |
| Photography | Arlene Donnelly Nelson | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC] |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Mar 09, 2010 |
| Regions | 1 |